For over 18 years, the Office of Contract Education at City College of San Francisco has worked with private, public and international employers to provide training and non-training solutions to the workplace.

Contract Education delivers customized workforce development solutions to San Francisco public and private businesses by offering a wide range of services through our business partnerships. We offer credit and not-for-credit on-site courses, customized training programs, certificate and other programs that can help your business improve its bottom line. No matter what your business need, our qualified staff can work with you to develop high quality solutions that fit your budget.

Services and Programs

Contract Education offers an array of services designed to improve business and individual performance. These programs offer a single point of access to employers and individuals seeking training.

Performance Consulting Services

Business in a global economy is dynamic, increasingly complex, and highly competitive. To succeed you need systems and work standards that promote excellence, and a performance-oriented workforce. Contract Education’s Needs Analysis services can help you achieve this standard.

Together, we can conduct a detailed needs analysis at your business, which includes a comparison between optimal performance and operating performance. From there, we will work together to develop a plan to help your employees meet optimal performance. These services can help you build and retain a competitive edge by linking your performance objectives to your bottom line business objectives.

As a 24/7 operation, we are flexible to deliver training at your location or at any one of our 10 campuses. Whether day, evening or weekend, we can be there for you.

We support meeting your business goals through our four-step process (see right):

Needs Analysis

Skills Assessment

Training & Work Environment Solutions

Evaluation & Measuring Impact

Customized Training

Every business encounters an occasional training-related stumbling block - times when your employees need additional training to perform at their peak. Perhaps you have had a change that requires process improvement, or your workers need training in a specific skill. Maybe your new equipment requires an increased level of mechanical or computer expertise, or your workforce needs a boost for team cohesion.

Whatever the situation, Contract Education can customize a training solution at low cost, on short notice, to meet your company’s needs.

Our solutions may include:

Leadership and Supervision Skills

Communication and Team Building

Customer Service

Computer Applications

Presentation Skills

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Career Transition Management

Business Writing

Many others.

eLearning

Looking for innovative online education strategies and solutions? We can help. Contract Education offers a variety of on-line courses. Your employees can work at their own pace and on their own timetables. Popular topics include: accounting, business correspondence, spreadsheets for business, web page development, computer networking, and information technology.

Needs Analysis

Starting with your business goals, our first step is to determine what employee performance is needed to achieve those goals. Along with that, the current performance level is determined. Causes and barriers to close the "performance gap" are identified.

Skills Assessment

Next, we identify training and/or work environment solutions. Working closely with in-house personnel and subject matter experts (SME), customized solutions are developed specifically for performance improvement.

Training & Work Environment Solutions

Once the performance gap is determined as a training need and/or change(s) in the work environment, we'll support you in implementing a plan. Training can be provided at your office or at many of our campus locations. We are available when you need us - any shift, in a time frame that fits your business schedule.

Evaluation & Measuring Impact

Finally, we assist you in evaluating performance improvement in the workplace. Measuring the impact of improved on-the-job performance links directly back to your business goals and an improved bottom line.